Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals.
"King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.
From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.
The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.
The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.
Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.
前面还可以，有点阿金图，从万圣节之后就不行了，一路垮成二流惊悚片。塞满了音乐、刻意反转故事，和McKenzie尴尬的演技，两个角色的同构关系在互杀一场戏里完全被破坏了，最后再强行拥抱不觉得矛盾吗，情感逻辑也过不去啊，真靠硬来啊。以及一堆幽灵跑出来喊help me，可能是今年看过最莫名其妙的情节，翻白眼翻到视网膜脱落。（还有，最后结局居然是女主事业爱情双丰收，我妈为我骄傲，啥玩儿？
I just wish I was like everybody else
电影吐槽小成本盗版电影？但是自己拍的就像小成本盗版电影，不知道看了点啥，难看
本想借机好好怀旧一下在Fitzroy的日子，结果半路车翻得一塌糊涂，只觉得这种行人横在马路的频率，出租司机很可怜。
铅黄追凶歌舞片，剧本的拧巴把前面建立的节奏都打破了，主角也不好。
类型所需的迷离气息被华丽的视听取代，个人觉得导演缺少做悬疑、恐怖类型的决心，作为亚类提供了青春片的噱头而已，是那种特别典型的故事一般，但履历出众，拍啥不重要，看点在怎么拍的快项目
充滿著濃郁的Edgar Wright趣味。雖然結尾幾個twist其實很無聊，但整部戲拍得酣暢淋漓，好幾處甚至明顯來自Polanski心理驚悚片影響，加上美術、配樂、聲音的豐富設計，簡直看到心潮澎拜！
埃德加赖特的视听水准还算是在的，就是故事讲得稀烂，到最后也没明白60年代和现在是什么关系，主角看到的过去与她所处的当下又是什么关系...
刻板印象太严重了，依然是惊吓过度的女主、一群不良碧池以及能一夜七次大j8的黑男这样的设定。低配《未麻的部屋》算不上，伦敦《小时代4》。
连同隔壁的IP迪爸爸也谈下来用以恶搞应该是钞能力作用了。
镜像/附身部分拍得太赞了！在各种表现主义的霓虹和暗影里，历史的“幽灵”和携带着女性的血与泪一步步吞噬主角，她的觉醒被呈现在一种疯魔的状态里，反而对应了当下的社会现实。“作为男人”将成为一种原罪，它是如此激进，但我们需要正是这样的革命：割破父权的喉咙，啜饮他的鲜血，然后绝不超度他的亡魂。
（華納角色的版權到底怎麼得到的呢？）
3.5 极佳的娱乐电影，今年最优秀的烂片。溢出空洞框架的文化情怀和类型复古元素像摆在橱窗中供人窥视的洋娃娃——割裂抑诡异？不要试图在任何附庸的议题上找到表现的落脚，安雅惊艳面容之下的符号化特质逐渐被流动的情感实体所取代，一切最终都只是赖特对那个年代的另类注解。如此夺目的视觉表现，足以证明了这个城市，或是这个被欲望主体不断稀释裂变的梦魇，才是这部影片唯一的主角。它并不是「穆赫兰道」的回魂，而是「好莱坞往事」的进化，它让人们不再企图从不安的境遇中获取记忆的宽慰。在一面镜子上折射出两个迥异的主体，而后无情地将其击碎，不被绑架、不被困窘，它让自我精神的溃败变得像个笑话，也让收尾的时装梦变为了廉价的幻想，在这个任何主题都难以立足于的时代，我们需要一场终结的大火，一次退场的闭幕来警醒执着世人的自以为是。
跟baby driver一样让我在二三星间摇摆不定..... 赖特应该放弃这种“正经”的尝试 一直走无厘头路线。因为在前半段铺垫正经 后面一泻千里 失却平衡 摔死人。其实视觉上有很多我喜欢的瞬间 不过故事和一些细节踩雷。谁从南伦敦开车去北伦敦？SOHO是北伦敦？你逗我？我老公说肯定是为了照顾美国观众听不懂“河对岸”🥲 鬼的刻画倒是很喜欢 真的是女人的噩梦。
画风清奇，Peter pan声誉彻底毁了。话说这么多乱入，法务部不需要疯狂加班么？
PS：老爷子出场的气质就不一般，中间山姆·克拉弗林登场几分钟，我就猜到他俩是一个人了，马特·史密斯那一脸衰样，女主是怎么把他认成帅老头的？
2022.06.29看完：
7分，套路的剧情，不过，版权多是真的可以为所欲为
😂把漫画和现实人物结合得很好哎，看到索尼克让我想到当时看到皮卡丘
想法和表达都是有的，前二十多分钟尤其不错，有那么一点波兰斯基式的“他人即地狱”的味道，但安雅出场之后，观感就一路走低。精分/魂穿这都是什么级别的老梗了？但埃德加·赖特依然在漫长的篇幅中将其当作谜面反复咀嚼，只能叫人越看越烦躁。场面上是不算沉闷，但拼贴感太重了，70年代铅黄电影那学来的大红大蓝的打光，还有各种波兰斯基、库布里克、今 敏的情景复原，英伦时尚+金曲串烧倒是能跟隔壁的库伊拉联动下。两位年轻女主漂亮是都很漂亮，但表演都太表面了。
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